[bug-diffutils] bug#59905: bug#59905: 3.8: test suite is failing

[Jim Meyering]

On Thu, Dec 8, 2022 at 6:02 AM Tomasz Kłoczko <kloczko.tomasz@gmail.com> wrote:
> Looks like test suite is failing>
...
> FAIL: colors
> ============
Thanks for reporting that a single test is failing.
...
> BTW is it any chance to flush currently accumulated commits and make a new 
> version?

Not sure what you mean by currently accumulated commits and making a
new version.
This does not merit a new version. If you've created local commits and
want to delete them
so you can make a new version yourself, you can either clone again to
start from scratch
or discard e.g., the topmost commit along with any uncommitted changes
by running this:

  git reset --hard HEAD^

The issue you found is due to a problem solely with the test, not with
how diff works.
The attached fix makes it so this small test now also passes, even
with newer GNU make.

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